The Onset of the Great Depression, 1929-1932

	Stock market Bank failures Too many poor people Farm failures Environmental disasters Government Inaction

	On Margin The Wealthy The Dust Bowl

	Bonus Army General Douglas MacArthur Mid West Homeless Charles Lindbergh

The Depressed Minorities

The Second Great Migration

Mexicans: Not For Hire

African Americans
Mexicans
American Women













Charles B. Darrow: Depression Era Millionaire

Republic Steel, So. Chicago 1937

Steel Co
Memorial Day
Republic Steel

EMA, CCC, FERA, CWA, AAA, HLA, TVA and the WPA Eleanor Roosevelt New Deal

“First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"

Francis E. Townsend